Description:

DIE PROOFS: Progressive undenominated die proof of the original design with the "Southern Cross" Flying Eastwards with Key Elements Outlined Only and 'POSTAGE' Omitted at the Sides, in greenish black on highly surfaced (glazed) paper (110x74mm) BW #141(DP)1, minor split at the upper extremity of the impression where the die was too heavily applied & now repaired with archival tape, Cat $20,000. Ex Sir Harry Brown. The ACSC states that two examples are recorded. A really beautiful proof, greatly enhanced by having been struck in a greenish ink.



The ACSC states that the design was altered after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith recommended that the "Southern Cross" be shown flying in the general westerly direction of his circumnavigation of the Earth.